Hayrack



w. F. AND- 1. 1. MULLANEY.

HAYRACK.

APPLICATION MEDIAN-7,1919.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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UMTE tares WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLANEY AND JAMES JOSE]?I-I MULLANEY, F BUFFALO, NEW Y YORK; g f a HAYRACK.

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J Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N v Application filed January 7, 1919. Seria1 No. 269,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM MULLANEY and JAMES JosnrH MULLANLY, citizens of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and I useful Improvements in Hayracks; and we ticularly that kind thereof having attach-- hay rack, which any farmer can apply,

do hereby declare the following to be afull,

clear, and exact description-of the same, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference,

marked thereon, which form part of .this specification. I v v Like figures of reference refer to like parts. r p

This invention relates to hay racks, parments to facilitate the, loading andthe unloading of the rack.

One of the ob ects of thisinvention is to provide means attachable to the ordinary that will convert hisrack into a very serviceable v and complementalrig to his hay elevator;

' A further object is to provide such convertible means as will be readily releasable,

adapted to hold and also to move said trav I to facilitate the unloading of the hay by a power fork.

Another object is to provide. releasable and adjusting means for supporting and laterally positioning detachable side lattice walls for releasing the first half load laterally, when the farmer is about to move the same forward to make space for the second half loading.

Another object is to provide with a trav- I P eler adapted for loading the rack in halves, two means for securing the traveler to the body of the rack, one of said means being eler, and the other being adapted for holding the traveler vertically to the rack, yet

- 7 With these andother object's, our i'nvenpermitting of a longitudinal movement of the said attachment, as-well as the easy removal of the same, when the rack is to be used for other purposes.

tion'resides in" certain construction, one embodiment of which is shown in the drawings and is hereinafter described and what we;

claim is set forth hereinafter.

' In the drawings,

' Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a hay FRANCIS Y rack having attachments'embodying our 111- vent-ion, and showing the parts-in position 'to receive the. first partof the load fromtlie elevator. Fig. 2 is a side shown in Fig.1, having the parts in posi "tion, including the first halfof the load drawn forward leaving the rack. ready to IGCGIVG tlIG last half of the load from the elevator; which is preferably placed-to therear of the wagon for loading,

Fig. 3isa front elevation ;of therack' aiid attachments shownin the otherfigures.

' Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of parts of the abovebycross arms 4:, 4, 4:, 4', andconnecting the outer ends of the cross arms 4:, 4;, A, 4,011 each side arethe stringersfi, 5. ,Syminetrilly body, allel inturned channelirons v6 and 7, resting. upon the thereto by the angle pieces 8, 8, 8. Fixed to the two rear cross-arms 4,745, areshort elevation of 1 device" 1 struction with. the rollers, using cl iannel I spaced about -the centerv of tli e' rack f above the beams 1"and2 arethe par- .85 cross arms 4:, 1,41, 4, and, secured boards 9, .9, 9, longitudinally positioned, and

spaced with reference to the channel irons 6 and 7', and the stringers 5, 5; those .boardsf between the irons 6 and 7 ,being positioned to 13'and 14 arejournaled in the, channels 10 and 11,'and1.in reinforcing patches 15, 15,

thereon. Theshafts13and14 terminate in v 1 rollers, .16, 16, 16, 16, which fextend in be-. tween the flanges of the respect ve channel irons 6 and 7, to roll thereon. The rollers ermit the travelerAtopass over them freely. I Thetraveler A ismade as follows: Upon two stringer channel irons -10 and 11, are fixed. cross boards 12,12,12 Two roller shafts.

16, 16,, are of a diameter to -tu rn',freely,be-.

tween the flanges of the channels 10 and-11.

At the forward end ofthe channels110 and:

11 is a. front lattice '17 ,fixed theretofby means of bent angle irons 18, 1 8,,also fixed tO-thestakes 19, 19, f I 7 In the front'end 'of the rack body is 3' our- .naled a Windlass 20, having a shaft' anda winding drum 22, to which is attached at pin 30, fixed in the bracket 27. A

fixed in stake sockets 33, 33.

walls 34 and 35, are provided each with the point B, a rope 23, wound thereon. The rdpe 23 is attached to a depending post 24 on the traveler A, and is made continuous, passing over a pulley 25 journaled in the rear of the rack body, and over a guiding cross rod 26, about the center of the said body. The Windlass shaft 21 is journaled in a bracket 27, and terminates in a ratchet" 7 angle rods 36 and 37,'secured by U-bolts to gage eye-bolts 10 and 411 having a hand-screw 42, provided forfclampas illustrated in the figures, having-the.

the ends of the stakes 38 and 39. The hori zbntal ends of the rods '36 and37 each'en- The eye-bolt 4:1

ing the angle rod therein at the position desired; V In operation, having the parts assembled traveler A with its lattice wall 17 in posi" tion'as" shown in Fig.1, and having the pawl 29 setto hold the same there, by meansv of the rope 23 thefelev'ator' (not shown) is started. and the box formed the lattice Walls 17, 34, 35 and 32 is filled with 'Theside walls34and 35 are next moved from forced contact with the hay, by releasing the hand screws 42 and pulling the saidside walls partly out, then tightening intherear, and the rope 23 pulls on the therebyvirtue of the'locking'action of the g by revolving the crank 31 counter-else" the hand screws again. The pawl 29 is next reversed and the Windlass 20 15 then turned causing the rope 23 to wind on the 1 lb half of thedrum22 and to unwind on its left half, playing over'the idler pulley 25,

post 2 1 to drag the traveler A into the forward position asshown in Fig. 2 and held pawlse. During the forward movement of not directly underthefork'track of the the traveler A with'its load, the rollers 16,

16,16, 16-,tratlr upon the bottom flange of the channel irons Sandi"; Having brought 7 half load toEthe front end of the wagon andsecured thesame there, the space thus vacated inthe rear is filled from the elevator, andjthe loadis drawn to the barn. In case the drivewaywithinthe barn is powerfork, and'the load has to be drawn at an "angle with the vertical, then 'theside towardwhich' the fork will naturally draw the parts of the load as it removes the same,

should be removed before unloading "In transit, to"ov'erconie"any possibilityo'f. shift ng, by jolt or otherwise, thetrave'ler A, from its jproperengagement with its track the-channels "6' and 7 by" virtue ofthein flanges, engaging the rollers 16, positively lock the same thereon, yet being open at the ends, permit of drawing the said rollers out of engagement therewith, in removing-the traveler A, entirely from the hay rack. The lattice walls in the rear of the rack are easily taken off so that the rack can then be used for other purposes, as well as being possible to be readily put together again when required for service as a compleniental device to the hay elevator.

It will be readily observed that our im-. proved construction lends itself as a means ofimproving an ordinary hay rack at small expense, to increase the efiiciency of the said rack as a farming implement. We also save in cost of construction over a specially de signed hay rack to suit the requirements of the added features for accomplishing the same purpose.

e do not wish to be confined to the one embodiment of our-invention herein'shown and described as modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Hence we claim I 1 1. In a hay rack, the combination with a rack body, of supporting means fixed to the top of said body, a vertical rack'wall projecting above one edge of said top, and a bracket fixed to said rack'wall and PIOJQCting transversely to the axis of said body and V adjustably" fixed to said supporting means,

whereby said wall is releasablypositioned transverse to said rack body while maintaining an upright position. r

2. The combination in a hay rack with a rack body having traveling hay carrier adapted for longitudinal reciprocation thereon, of side walls adjustably attached to saidbody' for increasing the space there-* between to release a load ofhay to be carried forward by said carrier, and means connecting said side walls with sa1d body for v positioning said walls transversely to said 1 body while maintaining their upright position. I

3. In a hay rack, the combination with a rack body, of a hollow bracket member fixed V at the top part of said body, an upstandingwallpositioned above the edge of said top part, a sliding member fixed to said wall and in sliding engagement within said hollow member, and clamping means adapted to releasably fix said sliding member within-said hollow member and thereby adjusting said upstanding wall transversely to said rack body while maintaining its upright position.

4. In ahay rack, the combination with a rack body, of two eye bolts fixed at the top part of said body, an upstanding wall; positioned above the edge of said, top part, a rigid L-bar havingavertical leg fixed; upon the lower part of said wall and having a horizontal leg, slidinglyengaging the eyes of.

said bolts and clamping means for releasably holding said L-bar whereby said upstanding wall is adapted to be adjustably positioned horizontally of said rack body.

5. In a hay rack, the combinationwith a rack body, of a longitudinal track upon the to have their flanges turned toward the center of said body, a carrier positioned above said tracks, a pair of'beam members fixed to the bottom of said carrier and spaced in v the same plane with said channels,.to be positioned having a beam member next to a channel and between said channels, a plu-v rality of parallel shafts journaled in and transverse to said beams and extending outside the ,same, two rollers, one fixed to each end of each of said shafts outside said beams and engaging the lower .fianges of said channel in rollingv engagement therea with and held against lifting by the upper I,

of said flanges. 1 I

Bufl'alo, N. Y., January 3, 1919. H

v WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLANEY.

JAMES JOSEPH MULLANEY. 

